Current Events that Relate to History
-
AntecedentA Nation of Cop Cities
The push to build large police training facilities follows on a long history of armories as both symbols and manifestations of state power.Inquest -
ProfileThis Presidential Candidate Died in a Sanatorium Less Than a Month After Losing the Election
Horace Greeley ran against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in November 1872. Twenty-four days later, he died of unknown causes at a private mental health facility.Smithsonian -
LongreadCity on Fire
The night violent anti-government conspirators sowed chaos in the heart of Manhattan.The Atavist -
Book ReviewGrant vs. the Klan
New books reconsider how Ulysses S. Grant became a forceful defender of the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.New York Review of Books -
Book ReviewWhy Recycling Is Mostly Garbage
In two new books, the rise of recycling is a story of illusory promises, often entwined with disturbing political agendas.The New Republic -
Book ReviewThe Hypocrisies of International Justice
A recent history revisits the Tokyo trial.The Nation -
exhibitNuestra América
This exhibit explores the diverse cultures and shared experiences of Hispanic Americans at the polls and in popular culture, at work and in movements for social change.
From the HNN Archive
-
The Forebears of JD Vance and the New Right
Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past. -
Overexposed
What happened to privacy when Americans gained easy access to cameras in the Gilded Age? -
An Early Case of Impostor Syndrome
Why were so many medieval books laden with self-deprecation? Blame genre conventions. -
Books That Speak of Books
How a subgenre of murder mysteries plays with the way real history is written. -
The Bowl Truth
On Joan of Arc’s much-maligned and forgotten haircut. -
Mastering the Art of Reading an Old Recipe
For every moment of historical significance, there is a figure — often hidden — who fed the figures we do remember.